Covid-19 and Climate Change

Extinction Rebellion sign 'Government Funded Ecocide'

With the beginning of the pandemic bringing lowered emissions and claims of ‘nature healing itself’, where are we left 7 months on in our fight against the climate emergency?

With the beginning of the pandemic bringing lowered emissions and claims of ‘nature healing itself’, where are we left 7 months on in our fight against the climate emergency?

“As Scotland rebuilds from the pandemic, and as we look to our last chance to avoid a climate catastrophe, we face an unprecedented opportunity to build a new economy for Scotland that protects the planet and serves the people. Rather than an economy we all serve to enrich the few at the cost of environmental destruction.” – Patrick Harvie MSP, Scottish Greens.

Read ‘Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic’ report in Nature Communications.

Photo courtesy of Extinction Rebellion.